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Meet Maya. A 3-year-old Husky With Lots Of Energy
Meet Maya. A 3-year-old husky with lots of energy
Updated: 8:30 AM EDT May 5, 2024
THIS IS MAYA. SHE'S FROM THE HARFORD HUMANE SOCIETY. SHE'S ONLY THREE YEARS OLD. SHE COULDN'T BE ANY CUTER. SHE HAS ALL KINDS OF ENERGY, AND SHE IS LOOKING FOR A FAMILY THAT REALLY UNDERSTANDS HUSKIES. AARON IS JOINING US THIS MORNING. AND, AARON, WHEN A FAMILY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT A HUSKY INVOLVES, IT CAN BE A PROBLEM. AND SHE'S ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED AND RETURNED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE BREED. EXACTLY. SO MAYA IS SHE'S HIGH ENERGY. SO DON'T LET THIS FOOL YOU RIGHT HERE. SHE'S SWEET AS SHE COULD BE. SHE IS VERY HIGH ENERGY AND SO SHE NEEDS THINGS TO DO. UM, SO WHETHER THAT'S SHE LOVES OTHER DOGS, I HAVE TO MENTION THAT. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT THING FOR HER TO DO. IF YOU HAVE A DOG IN YOUR HOME ALREADY, SHE NEEDS A BROTHER OR A SISTER. ABSOLUTELY. TO GET ALL OF THAT ENERGY OUT, SHE WILL NEED TO GO FOR WALKS BEFORE YOU GO. GO TO WORK. SHE'LL NEED A WALK WHEN YOU COME HOME FROM WORK. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS SHE'LL NEED TOYS TO PLAY WITH AND JUST THINGS TO ENGAGE HER MIND AND KEEP HER KEEP HER OCCUPIED SO THAT SHE'S NOT DESTRUCTIVE AND SHE'S NOT BORED. UM, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT SHE IS GOOD WITH OTHER DOGS. WE HAD HER AT A AT A BREWERY LAST NIGHT, AND SHE MET A LOT OF DOGS, A LOT OF CHILDREN, AND SHE WAS A ROCK STAR. SHE ROCKED IT. OF COURSE SHE WAS. SHE'S GOT THE CUTEST LITTLE TONGUE JUST HANGING OUT OF HER MOUTH TO. SO SHE GOT RETURNED FROM ONE FAMILY BECAUSE SHE WAS DIGGING IN THE YARD AGAIN, A SIGN OF BOREDOM. YOU KNOW? SO YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT GOING IN WITH A DOG LIKE THIS, YOU ALSO HAVE TO NOT MIND HAIR EVERYWHERE BECAUSE HUSKY SHED LIKE CRAZY. THAT'S RIGHT. SO SHE'S GOING TO NEED BRUSHING. PROBABLY EVERY DAY. I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS. NOW LOOK, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT TO ME. THIS IS THERAPEUTIC, RIGHT? YOU JUST SIT THERE AND YOU PICK HER LIKE COTTON. ALMOST. RIGHT. YOU JUST HAVE TO DO THAT. IT'S SO MUCH FUN. BUT LOOK WHAT A LOVEBUG SHE IS. YOU HAD NOTHING BUT LOVE. THAT'S ALL YOU ARE. LOOK AT HER. AND SHE'S NOT IN FOSTER CARE RIGHT NOW, SO SHE'S RIGHT THERE AT THE SHELTER, WAITING TO COME HOME WITH SOMEBODY. RIGHT? WE'RE OPEN FROM 11 TO 4 TODAY. AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, WEEKDAYS ARE 11 TO 6 AND SATURDAYS ARE 10 TO 5, AND WE ARE WAIVING ADOPTION FEES. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE BISSELL PET FOUNDATION AND THEY ARE SPONSORING ADOPTION FEES. SO, UM, HER FEE IS WAIVED AND THAT IS UNTIL MAY 15TH. OH THAT'S GREAT. AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU GUYS WILL SEND FOLKS HOME WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING, SOMETHING TO GET THEM STARTED TO. WE SURE DO. WE'RE SENDING A COUPON THAT'S GOOD FOR 50% OFF OF BOARDING. UM, AT FOR EIGHT WEEKS FROM DOGTOPIA UP IN BEL AIR. OKAY. SO THAT'S GOOD TOO. ABSOLUTELY. SO IF YOU WANT A LITTLE DOGGIE DAYCARE AND SHE CAN PLAY WITH SOME OTHER DOGS AT DAYCARE OR YOU'RE GOING AWAY FOR THE SUMMER A LITTLE BIT, YOU NEED SOME HELP WATCHING HER. THAT'S FANTASTIC. WOW. SO DO WE KNOW IF SHE'S GOOD WITH CATS OR KIDS? UM. NO CATS. SHE DID SEE SHE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH ME LAST NIGHT. WE HAD A LITTLE SLEEPOVER. OH. THAT'S GOOD. SHE SAW MY KITTY CATS AND WAS NOT A FAN. OH, YEAH. UM, SO FAST. AND THEY MOVE. THEY ARE RIGHT. SO, UM. AND CHILDREN? UM. POTENTIALLY. YEAH. I THINK IF THE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT FAMILY, WE DO REQUIRE MEET AND GREETS AT THE SHELTER. SURE. SO THAT WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S GOING TO LIKE EVERYBODY IN YOUR FAMILY AND VICE VERSA. SO THE COOL THING ABOUT HER BEING THREE AND ALREADY THIS SIZE IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS BIG. SHE'S GOING TO GET RIGHT. AND THERE ARE BIG HUSKIES AND THEN THERE ARE HUSKIES. I'D SAY SHE'S LIKE SMALL TO MIDSIZE. YEAH. SHE'S LIKE ON THE SMALLER SIDE. BUT YEAH WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET. UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE BAD BEHAVIORS OR, YOU KNOW, THE PUPPY BAD BEHAVIORS ARE, ARE GONE AND, YOU KNOW, SO YEAH, THE BIGGEST THING IS WORKING WITH THEIR DRIVE AND WHO THEY ARE. IT'S WORKING WITH THEIR DRIVE. SHE DOES PULL A LITTLE ON THE LEASH. SHE IS STRONG. BUT LOOK THAT IT'S MANAGEABLE. I MEAN, THIS WHOLE LADY RIGHT HERE I YEAH I CAN HANDLE HER. AND SO YEAH, YOU CAN TEACH ALL THAT. ALL RIGHT. ERIN, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO ADOPT MAYA, WHAT DO THEY DO? SO JUST COME AND VISIT US. WE'RE AT 2208 CONNOLLY ROAD. WE'RE ALSO ON THE WEB AT HARFORD. SHELTER.ORG AND SPACE AS ADOPT ME. SHE'S WORKING. IT ISN'T SHE? SHE SO HARFORD HUMANE.ORG AND HARFORD SHELTER DOT ORG. WE'RE AT CONNOLLY ROAD. WE'RE OPEN 11 TO 4 TODAY SO COME ON BY AND CHECK HER OUT. IF SHE IS NOT FOR YOU. WE HAVE A SHELTER FULL OF DOGS AND WE CAN CERTAINLY MATCH YOU WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO MEET YOUR YOUR LIFESTYLE. AWESOME. ERIN, THANKS SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT AGAIN. ALL THE INFORMATION WE JUST HAD RIGHT THERE UP ON YOUR SCREEN. WE'LL PUT IT THERE AGAIN. GIVE THEM A CALL FOR TEN, EIGHT, THREE, SIX, 1090. BRING HER HOME TODAY. SHE NEEDS A LAP AN
Meet Maya. A 3-year-old husky with lots of energy
Updated: 8:30 AM EDT May 5, 2024
Maya is a lovable and energetic 3-year-old husky looking for a loving home with husky experience.
BALTIMORE —Maya is a lovable and energetic 3-year-old husky looking for a loving home with husky experience.
Veterinary Nurse Whose Siberian Husky Mauled Her Three-month-old Daughter To Death Avoids Being Struck Off As Disciplinary Hearing Is Told Her Conviction 'doesn't Render Her ...
A veterinary nurse whose Siberian husky mauled her three-month-old daughter to death has avoided being struck off after a disciplinary hearing was told her conviction 'doesn't render her unfit to practise'.
Karen Alcock was 'coerced' by her partner Vince King into joining him in a woods near their home in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, to train their huskies, one of whom killed her daughter Kyra Leanne King.
The baby was left with fatal injuries after Blizzard, described as a once 'calm' and 'placid' racing dog, mauled her.
Now the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has decided the mother, who has been a veterinary nurse for 20 years, will be allowed to continue practising.
Ms Alcock pleaded guilty to owning a dangerous dog last year and was handed an eight-month suspended sentence as well as 80 hours unpaid work.
Karen Alcock (pictured, left), a veterinary nurse whose Siberian husky mauled her three-month-old daughter to death, has avoided being struck off after a disciplinary hearing was told her conviction 'doesn't render her unfit to practise'
Ms Alcock was 'coerced' by her partner Vince King (pictured) into joining him in a woods near their home in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, to train their huskies, one of whom killed her daughter Kyra Leanne King
The pair first walked five of the dogs together as Kyra was pushed by her mum, before King took seven of the dogs on a sled run
Her daughter was taken out by her parents at just five days old to exercise the dogs at Ostler's Plantation, a woodland in Lincolnshire.
Three months later, a 'pregnant and undernourished' Blizzard attacked Kyra in the horror incident, resulting in her death, the hearing was told.
The mother, a self-proclaimed animal lover, said the loss of her daughter in the 'tragic event' has been 'indescribable' but admitted she hoped to one day 'return to veterinary nursing'.
In a statement, Ms Alcock said: 'I accept that I pleaded guilty to the charge, however I would have never have deliberately put Kyra at risk, and I have suffered a personal loss that is indescribable.
'I have not been able to work much, and not in veterinary practice, since Kyra died, however if I feel able I would like to return to veterinary nursing at some point in the future.
'I hope the RCVS will understand that Kyra's death was a truly tragic event and not one which I could have foreseen.
'I do not believe what happened that night impacts my fitness to practise as a veterinary nurse and hope you will consider my conviction compassionately.'
Alex Jamieson represented the veterinary nurse and told the tribunal: 'Ms Alcock has been traumatised by the death of her daughter.
The baby was left with fatal injuries after Blizzard, described as a once 'calm' and 'placid' racing dog, mauled her (pictured: King, with huskies)
The mother (pictured, left), a self-proclaimed animal lover, said the loss of her daughter in the 'tragic event' has been 'indescribable' but admitted she hoped to one day 'return to veterinary nursing'
At the time of the attack, the husky, who was formally owned by King (pictured), was 'pregnant and undernourished'
Kyra was next to the front passenger door of the van, which was open, when one of the huskies jumped into the cab and out the vehicle before savaging her (pictured: Ostler's Plantation, a woodland in Lincolnshire, where the incident took place)
'If punishment were merited, she has already been punished by the criminal proceedings.
When examined in police kennels, Blizzard was found to be 'calm and sociable, gentle and sensitive' pet who was 'not interested in playing with a toy but did like human contact'.
But at the time of the attack, the husky, who was formally owned by King, was 'pregnant and undernourished'.
Mr Jamieson added: '[Ms Alcock] was jointly responsible for an otherwise well-behaved and gentle dog when an unforeseeable "tragic conjunction in circumstances" led to an outcome that will always haunt her.
'The dog did not belong to Ms Alcock.
'She did not want to be out in the woods that evening but was induced to so by a violent, coercive and controlling partner.'
Nicole Curtis, representing the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, said: 'At about 11.30pm that night, the emergency services were called to attend the Ostler's Plantation, Kirkby Lane, Woodhall Spa.
When examined in police kennels, Blizzard was found to be 'calm and sociable, gentle and sensitive' pet who was 'not interested in playing with a toy but did like human contact' (pictured: dog crates inside King's van)
Mr Jamieson added: '[Ms Alcock] was jointly responsible for an otherwise well-behaved and gentle dog when an unforeseeable "tragic conjunction in circumstances" led to an outcome that will always haunt her'
King (pictured) received 10 months' imprisonment last August, suspended for two years, and 100 hours of unpaid work
'[Ms Alcock's] three-month-old daughter, Kyra, had been bitten by their Siberian Husky dog Blizzard.
'Tragically, Kyra's injuries were so severe it was not possible for the attending medics to treat her and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
'A post-mortem examination revealed that she had died from multiple injuries to her head and neck, including a severance of the carotid artery.
'The attending medics were unable to do anything by then, both of these defendants had been invited and did do what they could by way of CPR at the scene.'
The RSCV concluded: 'The Committee is minded to accept Mr Jamieson's submission that there were no relevant mitigating factors in the case beyond the circumstances already outlined.'
In a trial last August, Lincoln Crown Court heard the animal jumped out of the couple's unsecure van and fatally mauled Kyra.
King received 10 months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, and 100 hours of unpaid work.
The pair first walked five of the dogs together as Kyra was pushed by her mum, before King took seven of the dogs on a sled run.
When he returned from the sled run, three of the dogs were placed in the centre of the van to drink and rest, and the side door was closed.
However, they were not shut into kennels, which the van was fitted with, and there was no guard separating the front of the cab from the rear of the vehicle
Kyra was next to the front passenger door of the van, which was open, when one of the huskies jumped into the cab and out the vehicle before savaging her.
Alcock and King (pictured) attempted CPR on their daughter until paramedics arrived at around 11.13pm and despite their best efforts she could not be saved
King and Alcock were arrested at the scene and charged following a lengthy investigation
A destruction order was granted at court for the dog
Alcock and King attempted CPR on their daughter until paramedics arrived at around 11.13pm and despite their best efforts she could not be saved.
King and Alcock were arrested at the scene and charged following a lengthy investigation.
A destruction order was granted at court for the dog.
Billings Family Hopes For More Safety After Pet Killed At Centennial Dog Park
On Sunday, a 16-year-old Chihuahua named Rocco was attacked and killed by another dog at Centennial dog park in Billings.
According to Rocco's owners, Kami and Rodney Bodine, they were in the middle of their first lap around the park Sunday afternoon when a husky attacked Rocco, picking him up in its jaws.
The Bodines said the nightmare transpired quickly.
"I was no more than two feet away," Kami said Monday. "It was so fast, like unbelievably fast."
Kami said that a group of dogs approached her family, and she didn't think anything of it because it's normal for them to sniff one another. Suddenly, she said the husky clamped down on Rocco and from then, it was a blur.
"I really don't remember every detail other than just falling to my knees and trying to shove my own arm inside his mouth," Kami said. "His body fell and hit the ground and he squealed, but I could tell his neck was at a strange angle."
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And then Kami said the husky grabbed Rocco again, and that was when Rodney stepped in.
"I grabbed the husky's mouth and he dropped Rocco," Rodney said. "And I just picked up my dog and left. I didn't care whose dog it was. It was about my dog."
The Bodines rushed out of the dog park, hoping to get Rocco medical attention. By the time they made it to their vehicle, it was already too late.
"That was our first dog together," Rodney said. "It was a present to my daughter. She grew up with that dog."
In the days that have followed, it's been a tough pill for the family to swallow.
"It's just the unfairness of it," Kami said. "The shock wears off and then the sadness creeps in."
Through social media, the Bodines have been actively trying to track down the owners of the husky. The family did confirm that Billings Animal Control has been investigating the incident. MTN left multiple messages with Animal Control Tuesday but received no immediate response.
The incident has raised questions over the safety of the dog park. Regular visitor Latasha Stafford is among those concerned about her pet's safety.
"I was horrified, I'll be honest," Stafford said of Rocco's story Tuesday morning. "I couldn't imagine. Even with (my dog), I know he's bigger and he'd be able to hold his own, but even getting attacked would also be awful."
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Stafford said she's hopeful other dog owners pay closer attention to the park rules.
"If you know your dog has the tendency to attack other dogs, you should take it upon yourself to make sure incidents don't occur," Stafford said.
And while the Bodines are still heartbroken over their loss, they're hopeful that their incident can help educate others.
"Now the conversation is rolling and hopefully they can become safer places," Kami said.
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